The Emperor and His Newly Widowed Bride Who Married Him to Bring Him Good Fortune

My new novel, Noble Lady and the Mountain Bandit, is now underway. Please add it to your collection

[Upcoming: The Sickly Beauty Didn't Die Today Either]

Mo Shu first met Emperor Chengyuan at the Empress Dowager's birthday celebration.

One was high above the rest, holding the power of life and death.

The other was gorgeous and graceful, captivating everyone who saw her.

It was said that the Zhang family had a wicked widow who brought disaster to everyone around her.

Emperor Chengyuan glanced at her and thought, They certainly have sharp tongues.

The next time they met, Mo Shu stumbled through a hunting ground, escaping those who pursued her.

Wolves behind her and tigers ahead, she gritted her teeth, steeled her heart, and barged into the emperor's chambers.

"I..." Mo Shu said nervously.

"Come here." A dark glint appeared in Emperor Chengyuan's eyes.

After one wild night, Mo Shu lived up to her reputation as a wicked temptress.

From then on, everyone said that the Zhang family's wicked widow was keeping a lover.

Mo Shu was too exasperated to care about the gossip, because there really was someone who kept climbing over her wall!

"Your Majesty, I have been married before."

"So what?" He glanced at her indifferently. "I knew you first."

"And you were the one who first barged into my bedchamber."

Mo Shu: "..."

If she'd known someone would dare drug him, she would never have gone in, even if it killed her.

Later, after becoming empress, Mo Shu asked him where he had actually seen her before.

Emperor Chengyuan replied without batting an eye, "I made it up."

He had made up the story about being drugged that night, too.

Blurb for Noble Lady and the Mountain Bandit:

A former highborn noblewoman who treasures her life after dying once X a mountain bandit chief with a secret identity

The previous dynasty fell, and Qiao Wan, its wicked consort who brought ruin to the nation, became the final chapter of the old regime. One cup of poisoned wine, and she was saddled with the blame for the country's fall.

She hadn't wanted to come, and she hadn't wanted to leave.

Reborn one day, Qiao Wan refused to travel north with her uncle again. She ran away, fleeing the great mansion on the brink of ruin and hiding in a remote mountain village.

There was no food here, but she put up with it.

The only toilet was an outhouse, but she put up with it.

The roof leaked, but she managed to put up with that, too.

She only had to endure it for a year or two, until the Marquis of Ningyang chopped off the tyrant's head. Then her good days would begin.

But no matter how much she imagined it, she never expected to escape that madman, Emperor Xuanhou, only to fall into the hands of bandits in a chaotic age.

As the bandits' sharp sword pressed against her throat, Qiao Wan bit her lip, tears streaming down her face. "My lord... do you... need someone to serve you...?"

In the second month after being reborn, Qiao Wan was kidnapped again. This time, it wasn't Emperor Xuanhou who took her, but a mountain bandit.

Qiao Wan reluctantly went with the bandit chief.

The man was incredibly demanding. He made her sort vegetables, cook, wash his clothes, and fetch water. He even dared to bathe with his chest bare right in front of her... He was simply uncouth!

Qiao Wan was so angry she could cry. Every day, she counted the days on her fingers, wondering when the Marquis of Ningyang would finish clearing the bandits out of his territory.

But as she kept counting, the bandit wasn't wiped out. Instead, he became a trusted general under the Marquis of Ningyang!

Qiao Wan cried her eyes out. In the middle of the night, she packed her bags and tried to run away again.

Wei Yunzhang clenched his fists.

He had really brought home a little ancestor.

She couldn't cook, couldn't wash clothes, and even carrying a basin of water left her hands red. Now she'd entered his household and become his wife, yet she was still thinking of leaving!

With a face dark as thunder, Wei Yunzhang decided he would definitely cure her of this habit. She was the one who said she'd be his bandit wife, and now she was thinking of escaping?!

Not a chance!

A few months later, a new emperor ascended the throne. He was extraordinarily mighty, except that he was a little afraid of his wife.

Wei Yunzhang: Nonsense! That's called treating a woman right!

Blurb for upcoming novel The Sickly Beauty Didn't Die Today Either:

Wen Ning first met Fu Ji when he had been drugged. His gaze was full of malice, and his handsome face was flushed from holding himself back. He had dug his nails into his palm until it bled.

Wen Ning met him for the second time after she was reborn. Hesitating, she approached him beneath his cold, piercing gaze and asked softly, "Would you like me to help you?"

She was reborn, but even in this life she didn't have many years left. So this time, she wanted to find someone she liked. If she had to die, she wanted to die with some enjoyment.

Knowing she was going to die no matter what, Wen Ning did whatever she pleased. In the storybooks, divine couples had husbands who indulged their wives in everything, so... Wen Ning imitated them perfectly.

She coughed during an illness yesterday and tearfully clung to her husband, crying that it hurt.

When she heard someone wanted to send a woman to his rooms, Wen Ning's eyes immediately filled with tears. The person who had brought the concubine was so frightened that his hands trembled, afraid the sickly wife the heir had married would cry herself to death. He stumbled and ran off, rolling and crawling as he went.

When the deadline was almost here, Wen Ning cried and tugged at Fu Ji's sleeve. "I'm going to die."

Fu Ji lowered his eyes. "You won't die."

Later, Wen Ning really didn't die.

She was utterly astonished. Her husband seemed to have some remarkable skills.

Fu Ji: Of course. I work hard every day to nurse her back to health. How could she die?

1. The dynasty in this story is fictional. Don't overanalyze the historical details. Happy ending.

The blurb was set on October 28, 2021, and has been posted and archived on social media.

Theme: Life is always beautiful.